Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-03-18

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abound. The lumber Of the delta
Is high, long bodied. Tree from de
Ieeis. aud from two 10 ten feel Ia
diameter. A fair starr has yet TO
he made 10 utilize these giant for
ests. For wagon stuif. furniture
aud building material for general
pui poses the timber OF the delta
eaunot he surpassed, while the
soil has no sup, ri"i Tor prn,uc-
tiveBerE, aud yet This Kseli0n, al
m1si 10 the b. art OF lhr Republic,
is as liIilr knOSn aud understood
as The source Of the Nile.
Oae common objection 20 This
locality is that IL is very unheal.
thy. The records, however, do
not sustain This impression. Tue
mortality tables Of the U. s. Crn-
sns report. gives Mississippi ninth
place among the healthy States OF
the Union. The epidemic diseases
are levers. easily controlled, aud
bowel aad liver troubles. The
The Question Of health here, aS
any wLrr-, Is one OF right living.
The aruIr ailmenis cunmun to
colder parts Of The eOnniry, Of
course, are rare There are mpn
who have lived for tifIy years ir
this delta country, aud have never
had a day of serious illness IN
their lives. The fact that North
eTn lie insurance companies are
now doing a large and safe busl
ness in the Soul ern States. is
pretty gnol evidence that lie is
not as hazardous down here as
Was once Supposed. The hills OF
Yazoo county are from four 10
five hnndIed feet above the level
OF the sea. quite an high as parts
of Iowa aud Illinois. The queS-
ton of temperature, TOO, is on on
which the North has wrong no.
liOns. True, the Summers are
more prolonged, but the extremes
of heat, are not as great as in The
North. II is rare thing Tor the
merenry to reach 100 deg. III the
shade, the range bstween heat and
cold not exceeding 80 degrees,
from 20 deg rees above zero TO 100
The breeze from the Gulf of Mex
60 tempers the cold aud heat OF
the Southern States 10 a region
far inland where the two great an.
lagonists-beat aud colh-meeI
and contend for The mastery. The
sea is great equalizer Of temper
ature, bat distant from it's infu.
ence the frost aud winds run riot.
AS we write the January wind |
comes soft aud warm through an
open window, bearing on it's sings
the song Of birds. The tiny violet
has forced It's way 10 the surface
to catch he sunshine, the trees
are in bud, men are busy in their
gardens, aud here and there the
patient mule is dragging pillow
behind him in the fields. True,
the North wind gets down here
occasionally and makes things un-
comfortable, bat il is only for a
lay or Two AT "A lime. Northern
Mississippi Is included IN the
sotnermal equal heal) lines OF go
10 So degrees Of mean annual lem
Deralure, which takes in Aikan
,as, Northern Texas, aud nearing
he Pacific Coast, spreads along
he valleys Of California from near
San Francisco down Il long waxif
ntO Mexico. The Southern SIP lRu
Ire on about the same pM9sq 9Apr
n UNITY, wheft fffJS tie ~ "a ,sou
he Hindu Kiosk m0unlal
Aryan family Of races star
the SUI marched to
Of the world.
The free public school system is
II operation with about $50
schools in The county The pub
ic schools OF Yazoo Cill ar ia u
Furnishing condition, HE high
'chool ranking among he best Ia
he State. ST. Ulara's, a Catholic
edo d, has Il large attendance.
Here, as elsewhere, are men Of
very creed, the county having no
ess than 200 church organizations.
The new Presbyterian church now
,eiug erected in Yazoo City, wilt
De one of the most handsome
louses of worship IN she State.
The secret societies are represent
d by all the leading orders, all
living in harmony, and owning
Ointly fine lodge room. 81. Ste
'hen's colored NJ. Il. Church, al
which, during February. the State
Conference met, is the leading col
red society OF YazoO City. There
re 400 churches in the cOlOred
difference. with membership of
early 10000. Bishop MrIIill
There is the utmost
God feeling existing between thu
wo races. The white men who
made dupes of the negroes aud led
hem into tronble loT years after
he war have all left the country,
Or the couniry's good
Yazoo City is one Of The most
built places 10 the
iouih. 1t is located on V shap.
d plateau. high bluff on one
Idle, the river on the other, with
ountry Immediately above liable
D overflow. The city has many
ne stores aud handsome reSiden-
es. The streets are Tie finest in
he State. a nsigbhoIlng gravel
ed furnishing the material. Va
DO City has long been u pTOmi-
ent commercial point, aud before
he days Of railroads, shipped Z
lore cotton than any other place
! the State. II Is again re assert
u its supremacy. There il !.
Irge trib1lary territory and 10 is
lie purpose Of the live merchants
Yaz0O 10 make that city one OF {
re leading distributing points Of
le State.
lazoO has a careful aud ecO-
Jmical city government 1he
assessed valuation is 81, 200, COCOON
hich there is an eleven mills tax. q
here is no debt 10 sprak Of. The
- marshal aud one night watch
} ali the police duty. The 6rr
'parlmeut consists Of a stramrr,
,ok and ladder oHifit. aud color a
hose company, ali volunteers.